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The Weeknd (pictured) has four songs on the Year-End list, with "Save Your Tears" (with Ariana Grande) and "Blinding Lights" ranking at #2 and #3; in addition, "Blinding Lights", previously the biggest performing song of 2020, was crowned by Billboard as the most successful Hot 100 single of all time, dethroning Chubby Checker's "The Twist". [3]
Contents. 2021 in the United States. This article outlines United States-related events which occurred in the year 2021. The COVID-19 pandemic continued to heavily impact the US, with the emergence of numerous COVID-19 variants leading to a substantial rise in both infections and deaths across the country.
January 7: North American blizzard of 1996. January 2 – Philadelphia police officer Lauretha Vaird is shot and later pronounced dead during a botched armed bank robbery by rapper Cool C. She becomes Philadelphia's first female police officer killed in the line of duty. January 7 – One of the worst blizzards in American history hits the ...
November 5 – U.S. presidential election, 1912: Democratic challenger and Governor of New Jersey Woodrow Wilson wins a landslide victory over Republican incumbent William Howard Taft. Taft's base is undercut by Progressive Party candidate (and former Republican) Theodore Roosevelt, who finishes second, ahead of Taft.
October 16: Million Man March. October 1 – Ten people are convicted of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. [ 8 ] October 2 – The Seattle Mariners clinch their first postseason berth in franchise history defeating the California Angels, 9-1, in the 1995 AL West Tiebreaker.
January. [] January 1. Congress overrides President Donald Trump 's veto of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (NDAA). [ 1 ] Trump vetoes a bipartisan drift net fishing bill. [ 2 ] January 3. Nancy Pelosi is reelected Speaker of the United States House of Representatives.
Best Song: "Bad Habits" by Ed Sheeran • Best Video: "Montero (Call Me by Your Name)" by Lil Nas X • Best Artist: Ed Sheeran • Best New: Saweetie. 2021 American Music Awards (USA) Artist of the Year: BTS • New Artist of the Year: Olivia Rodrigo • Collaboration of the Year: "Kiss Me More" by Doja Cat featuring SZA.
November. November 15: The Intel 4004, the first commercially available microprocessor, is released. November 6 – Operation Grommet: The U.S. tests a thermonuclear warhead at Amchitka Island in Alaska, code-named Project Cannikin. At around 5 megatons, it is the largest ever U.S. underground detonation. November 12.